Vat. sir. 92 |
823 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani and in CPART
- Binding
- f. 1r-28v Ephrem, thirty-one Qole on the Deceased
- f. 28v-31r Five Litanies (Gk. sunapte)
- a. for priests
- b. for deacons
- c. - e. for laity
- f. 31r-48r Ephrem, Madrashe on the Deceased I-XXXVII
- f. 48r-59r Ephrem, Memre on the Deceased I-IV
- f. 59r-61r Isaac of Antioch, Memra on Deceased Priests and Deacons
- f. 61r-66r Ephrem, Memre on the Deceased V-VII
- f. 66v-79r Isaac of Antioch, Memre on the Deceased II-IX
- f. 79v-90v Ephrem, Memre on the Dceased VIII-XIV
- f. 90v-91v Isaac of Antioch, Memra on [Deceased] Youths
- f. 91v-117v Jacob of Sarug, Memre on the Deceased I-XIII
- f. 118r-123r Anonymous, Buya'e on the Deceased I-III
- f. 123r-123v Ephrem, Madrasha on all the Deceased
- f. 123v-130r Scriptural readings for deceased Bishops, Priests, and Deacons
- Binding
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 49 (SMMJ 00049) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-9; SMC 2-9); Catalog entry in Baumstark 18*. Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1v-139v Anonymous, Lections gathered from the four gospels with commentaries.
- f. 140r-171v Pragsha, that is, a book that is a sort of collection of commentaries and discourses and canons of the Fathers
- f. 140r-144r Chapter 1, That God is eternal, pre-existent, invisible and omnipotent
- f. 144rv Chapter 2, On the construction of the earthly church
- f. 144v-145r Chapter 3, Concerning the eucharistic bread and wine
- f. 145r-156r Chapter 4, Explanation of the office and the mass
- f. 156r-157v Chapter 5, Concerning the priesthood
- f. 157v-162r Chapter 6, On priests, deacons and penance
- f. 162r-164r Chapter 7, concerning prayer
- f. 164r-170r Translation of what has been mentioned in this chapter from Syriac and Arabic. A translation of the Sanctus and Trisagion, with commentary of the Fathers
- f. 170r-171r On first fruits, votive offerings and tithes
- f. 171r-197r A miscellany of stories, homilies, and short treatises
- f. 171r-172v The story of a merchant. This is an edifying tale of a God-fearing merchant who had a very beautiful wife.
- f. 172v-174v A delightful portrayal from one of the authorities
- f. 174v-177v A parable that the doctors of the Church set forth on the interpretation of the gospel. It is a story about a certain jeweler
- f. 177v-183v St. Jacob of Sarug, Homily on charity
- f. 183v-192v Anonymous, Discourse on Sunday
- f. 193r-195v The commandments that our Lord ordered in his holy Gospel, there are 99
- f. 195v-197r Seven prayers that are prescribed for us
- f. 197r-222r Book of homilies delivered by Severus, more commonly known as Moshe bar Kepha
- f. 197r-201r First homily, on the consecration of the Church and her renewal
- f. 201r-207r Second homily, On when the angel brought the good news to the priest Zechariah about the birth of John (the Baptist)
- f. 207r-212r Third homily, On the annunciation of the angel Gabriel to the holy and pure St. Mary
- f. 212r-217v Homily on the temptation by Satan of our Lord Jesus Christ
- f. 217v-221r Homily on the leper whom our Lord cured of the affliction of leprosy
- f. 221r-222r Homily read on the first Sunday of the blessed Fast
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 53 (SMMJ 00053) |
1,413 CE |
Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-1; SMC 3-1); Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-247v Syrian Orthodox Lectionary Readings for feasts (Fenqīthō for the holy places of Jerusalem)
- f. 1r Contents
- f. 1v-38r Order of (services celebrated on the feast of the Nativity in) Bethlehem. Includes Biblical lections, sedros, prayers and four homilies by Mar Ishaq
- f. 39r-63r Order of the feast of Epiphany. Two homilies of Mar Ishaq: On those being baptized, and on Baptism
- f. 63r-80r Part of the order of Palm Sunday. Includes homily of St. Ephrem
- f. 80r-97r Order of Monday of the redemptive Passion
- f. 97r-122r Homilies of St. Ephrem for Monday to Thursday of the Passion
- f. 97v-102v Monday
- f. 102v-112r Tuesday
- f. 112r-118r Wednesday
- f. 118r-122r Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 122r-126r Order of the ninth hour of the Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 126v-135v Order of the (foot-)washing that comes at the ninth hour of the Thursday of the Mysteries. Includes a Homily of Mar Ishaq on the Mass
- f. 135v-157v Order of vespers for Friday. Includes a homily of Mar Ephrem
- f. 157v-166r Ninth hour of Friday. Adoration of the Cross.
- f. 166r-197v Order of the Saturday of Good News. Includes Homily of Mar Jacob on the cherub and the brigand
- f. 179v-184r Order of the Saturday of Good News.
- f. 184r-186v Order of the service of forgiveness which is performed after the office of the ninth hour and before the mass
- f. 186r-219v Order of the Sunday of the redemptive Resurrection. Includes two homilies of Mar Ephrem
- f. 219v-235v The Order of the Annunciation, celebrated wherever Cyril and the restor of the lectors wish
- f. 235v-247v Order of the Assumption of the holy Mother of God. Includes a homily of Mar Jacob on the Assumption of the Mother of God
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 184 (SMMJ 00184) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-6; SMC 3-6). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-4r Patriarch Cyril Ibn Laqlaq, Confession
- f. 4v-22r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and on the reception of the divine mysteries
- f. 22r-34r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the benefit of the Eucharist for the dead in the next world
- f. 34r-39v St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the illustrious feastday of Palm Sunday
- f. 39v-43r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Supper of the Mysteries and on the washing of the feet of the disciples
- f. 43r-50v An exposition of the reason for the fast of Wednesday and Friday, its obligations and its benefit
- f. 50v-54r Especially concerning the true faith, concerning the Unity and the Trinity, and concerning the [one] interior Church
- f. 54r-57v
- f. 57v-62r Sedro for the feast of the Ascension
- f. 62r-69v Homily of Jacob of Sarug on the dispute of Satan with our Lord
- f. 69v-75v Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily the entry of Christ into the Temple on the arm of Simeon, the Old Man
- f. 75v-78v Mar Ephrem, On the birth of John the Baptist
- f. 79r-87v Mar Ephrem, On Mary and Joseph and the reproach they received from the Jews (Syriac and Garshuni in parallel columns)
- f. 87v-92r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the resurrection of the dead (Syriac and Garshuni)
- f. 92r-107v The story of Gabriel of the Monastery of Qartmin
- f. 108r-197v Patriarch Cyrillus Ibn Laqlaq, The book of the master and the disciples, consisting of 22 articles
- f. 198r-204v Mar Isaac, On the feast of the Annunciation
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00345) |
1,678 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 1v-12v Rite of consecration of water on the day of Nativity (Garshuni)
- f. 13v-23r John Chrysostom, Homily on approaching the Holy Mysteries (Garshuni)
- f. 23r-34v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 34v-44r Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, Homily on the Burial of Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 44r-51r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Baptism of Jesus Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 51r-63r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's dispute with Satan (Garshuni)
- f. 63r-70r Ephrem Syrus, Homily (Garshuni)
- f. 70v-73r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the Cross (Garshuni)
- f. 73r-78v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on old age and youth (Garshuni)
- f. 78v-80r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 80r-83v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
- f. 83v-109r Homily for Palm Sunday (Garshuni)
- f. 109v-117v John Chrysostom, Homily on the commandment of the Great Day (Garshuni)
- f. 117v-123r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on rejection of a sin and necessity of fasting and almsgiving (Garshuni)
- f. 123r-130r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 130r-134r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the resurrection and the soul's departure from the body (Garshuni)
- f. 134r-138r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance and the Last Judgment (Garshuni)
- f. 138v-141r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Love and Repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 141r-147v Ephrem Syrus, Homily that is recited on the second day of the fifth week of Lent (Garshuni)
- f. 147v-151v Homily recited on the third day of the fourth week of Lent (Garshuni)
- f. 151v-157v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 157v-162r Homily (Garshuni)
- f. 162r-166v Homily for the feast of Pentecost (Garshuni)
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Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00426) |
1,805 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- Jacob of Sarug
- Psalms and prayers
- Commentary by Jacob of Sarug
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00354) |
1,682 CE |
Garshuni |
- f. 1r-97r Psalter
- f. 97r-108v Canticles of Praise
- f. 109r-113r Homily
- f. 113r-119r John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance, love, and faith
- f. 119r-126r John Chrysostom, Homily on Psalm 6
- f. 127r-131v Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Holy Mysteries, Confession, and repentance
- f. 132r-137v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and the rebuke of the soul
- f. 137v-142v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the End and the punishment of the world
- f. 142v-155v Basil of Caesarea, Homily on repentance, on poor Lazarus and the rich man
- f. 155v-163v John Chrysostom, Homily on the first day of creation
- f. 163v-169r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on repentance and for baptism
- f. 169r-173r Gregory Nazianzus, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
- f. 173r-178v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Ten Virgins
- f. 178v-183r John Chrysostom, Homily on Abraham and Isaac, when he took his son to sacrifice him
- f. 183r-194v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
- f. 194v-202r John Chrysostom, Homily on Peter's denial of Jesus
- f. 202r-207v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's words, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me"
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00366) |
1,700 CE |
Arabic, Gashuni |
- f. 2r-4v Rite for the consecration of water according to the Roman Catholic Church
- f. 5r-24r Prayer for scapular of our Lady of Mount Carmel and on indulgences
- f. 25r-28r Homily
- f. 28r-32r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Nativity of Our Lord
- f. 32v-36r John Chrysostom, Homily on the beheading of John the Baptist
- f. 36r-44v Cyril of Alexandria, Homily for the Sunday before Lent
- f. 44v-50r John Chrysostom, homily on fasting, prayer and alms
- f. 50r-55r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the rejection of sin, and the necessity of fasting, prayer and alms
- f. 55r-60r Ephrem syrus, Homily on Repentance
- f. 60r-71r Basil of Caesarea, Homily on Repentance
- f. 71r-75v John Chrysostom, Homily on Repentance
- f. 76r-77v John Chrysostom, Homily on Repentance
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00398) |
1,583 CE |
Arabic, Latin, Persian, Syriac |
See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 95
- f. 1v-5v Homily for the blessed brethren (Syriac)
- f. 5v-13v Homily on Repentance (Syriac)
- f. 15v Story about a monk from Najran (Arabic)
- f. 16v-53r Gregory bar Hebraeus, On Perfection with additions and commentaries by Khamis bar Qardahe and Īsho'yahb bar Mqaddam (Syriac)
- f. 53v-55v Ode on the soul, with commentary by Khamis bar Qardahe (Syriac)
- f. 56r-75r Khamis bar Qardahe, Homilies (Syriac)
- f. 76v-77r Isho'yahb bar Malkon, Book of Instruction (Syriac)
- f. 78v-144v Homily on Rabban Hormizd (Syriac)
- f. 147v-160v 'Onitha: Pearl of Knowledge (Syriac)
- f. 172v-182v 'Onitha for the commemoration of Yuliṭa and her son (Syriac)
- f. 183v-197v 'Abdishō' of Gazarta, Homily on the homonyms (Syriac)
- f. 198r-203v Riddles (Syriac)
- f. 204r-204v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Turgama of Cyriacus (Syriac)
- f. 205r-208v Homily of Rogation (Syriac)
- f. 208v-212v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Dismissal prayers in strophes (Syriac)
- f. 212v-216v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Poems (Syriac)
- f. 216v-217v Homily about bad time (Syriac)
- f. 218r-222r Ephrem Syrus, Sermon on Reprehension V (Syriac)
- f. 223r-227r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the mysteries of our Lord in the Old Testament (Syriac)
- f. 227v-232v Credo of the true Orthodox (Syriac)
- f. 232v-233v Credo of Isho'panaḥ, who was accused of drinking the poison of paganism (Syriac)
- f. 234v-243r Excerprs from various canonical texts on the election of a patriarch and his rights (Syriac)
- f. 243v-245r Khamis bar Qardahe, Brief note on heresies and on the pagan gods that were abolished through the coming of Christ (Latin, Persian, Syriac)
- f. 245v-246v Homily that awakens and exhorts and incites penitents (Syriac)
- f. 247r-248r Homily about a Syrian Orthodox Patriarch (Syriac)
- f. 248r-256r 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Poems (Syriac)
- f. 256r-258r Riddles (Syriac)
- f. 258r-266v Poems (Syriac)
- f. 267r-274v Disputation between a monk of Bet Ḥale and an Arab notable (Syriac)
- f. 274v-277v On the Trinity (in questions and answers) and other liturgical matters (Syriac)
- f. 278r-280r Names of the prophets (Syriac)
- f. 280r-281r On the cities of pagan kingdoms (Syriac)
- f. 281v-299r Isho'dad of Merv, Excerpts from the Commentary on the New Testament (Syriac)
- f. 299r-310v Questions on the Pentateuch (Syriac)
- f. 310v-312v On the barbarious nations that do not know writing and god (Syriac)
- f. 313r-334v Computus and other astronomical and historical reckonings (Syriac)
- f. 335v-344v Rite of reception of an ordained bishop
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Sachau 220; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 28 |
800 CE |
Syriac |
See entry for Sachau 220
- Syrian Orthodox Homiliary; For an ordered breakdown, see the Sachau entry above
- Basil, f. 9
- Gregory Nazianzus, f. 3, 4, 26, 28
- Gregory of Nyssa, f. 6
- Epiphanius, f. 17
- John Chrysostom, f. 8, 9, 12, 13, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 41, 43, 47
- Cyril of Alexandria, f. 13, 15, 17, 49, 50
- Proclus of Constantinople, f. 40, 41
- Jacob of Sarug, f. 10, 11, 29
- Severus of Antioch, f. 10-12, 24, 26, 35, 43, 48
- Pantoleon Presbyter Byzantinus, f. 48
- Theodotus the bishop of Ancyra, f. 6
- Antipater of Bostra, f. 29
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